Carpet-beater



uNrr STATES PATENT orr es..- A

' JOHN o. PIERCE, oFnEw YORK, N. Y.

CARPET-IBEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Alt 1920.

Application filed August 22,1918, Serial No. 250,934. Renewed January28, 19 20. SeriaLNo. 354,752.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Joan OrPIE-RGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Beaters, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact specifi cation.

This invention relates to carpet heaters,

and has for its object to provide an improved device of this kind whichmay be built up from a small beater, suitablefor use with one hand, to alarge beater capable of covering considerable more surfaceand adapted tobe actuated by both hands. The building up process 'is accomplished bysecuring additional-bows to the frame .of the small initial beater untilthe desired size is reached. The invention will be first hereinafter deescribed in connection with the accompany ing drawings, which constitutepart of this specification, and then more specifically defined in theclaims at the end of the description. In the accompanying drawings,wherein similar reference characters are used to designate correspondingparts throughout the several views Figure -1 is a plan view ofa carpetbeater constructed in accordance withthisinvention and having twoadditional bows secured thereto.

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the heater, and Fig. 3 is a detailed sectionthrough one side of the frame of the beater showing how the additionalbows are fastened thereto.

The basic or foundation beatercomprises a handle 1, transverse framemembers 2 and 3, and a plurality of bows4 which are passed through saidframe members and extend be yond them to form the beater proper. Theframe member 2 is arranged transversely at the end of the handle 1, andthe other trans verse .member 3 is spaced therefrom by a block 5, thetwo transverse members and'the spacing block being secured to the handleby means of the strap 6 which is bent upon itself so as to extend acrossthe middle of the transverse member 3 and down along'the sides of thespacing block 5, across the member 2 and along the front and rear facesof the handle to which it is secured by the rivets 7 or the like. i M Vv i To increasexthesize of the beater,iaddi tional bows 8, of anysuitable number, are

securedto the transverse members 2 andfB extension strips 9 fastened tothe ends of the member Q-and other extension strips 10 fastened to theends of the member 3. The strips 9 are slotted at 11, and the stripslOat in line with the other bows lby means of a 12 to embrace the bows 1and said strips are secured to the'transverse members by bolts. 13passed through both members and strips.

The nuts 14 on the ends of said'bolts also retain hinged leaves 15011;the strips 9 with their abutments 16 in engagement with the bent ends 17of the bows 8,'and hinged leaves 18, at opposite'sides of the handle, incontact with thebent ends19of the bows t, whereby said bows 4 and. 8 areheld in proper are hinged'to the sidesof the handle just verse member 2into engagement with the bent ends of theadditional bows 8. When theadditiona'l'bows are not used,the bolts 13,may be employedfor holdingthe leaves :18 in'engagement with the bent ends of the .main bows 4,,and the strips 9 and 10 maybe.

taken off or left on, as desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of thevUnited States is 1. The combination witha basic'carpet beater, of additional bows, and means for detachablyfastening said bows to the basic beater in line with its bows toincrease the size of said beater.

2. The combination with a basic carpet beater having a handle,transverse members and bows attached to said members, of additional'bows for increasing the size of said basic beater, and means forfastening said addltional bows to said transverse members in line withthe main bows.

' 3. The combination with a basic carpet beater having a handle,transverse members and bows attached to said members, of additional bowsfor increasing the size of said basic beater, and means for fasteningsaid projected positions; It will be seen that the leaves 15 are hingedto the bent end portions '20 of the strips- 9 at21, while the leaves 18additional bows to said transverse members comprising extensionstripsiprojec'ti-ng be yond the ends/of said transverse members, theadditional bows being attached to said to the transverse strips and thestrips members. r r

4. The combination with a basic oarpet beater having a handle,transverse members and bows attached to said members, of additional bowsfor increasing the size of said basic beaten-andmeans for fastening saidadditional bows to said transverse members thereto.

comprising extension strips having slots in their inner ends to'embracethe main bows, said strips projecting beyond the transverse members andbeing detachably secured 5, A carpetbeater having a handle, transversemembers and'bows attached to said members by being passed through thesame,

the ends of said bows being bent over beflow one, of said transversemembers, and

hinged leaves to engage said bent ends of the-bows for-the purposespecified.

A carpet beater having a transverse member, bows passed through saidmember "and having bent 'ends, hinged leaves to swing into engagementwith saidbent ends of the bows, and'means'for retaining said leaves insuchposi-tion-m o r A carpet beater having a trans-verse member, bowspassedthrough said member 7 and haVin'g bent ends, hinged leaves --toswing into engagement with said bent ends ofthe bows, "and boltspassed-through said 'me'mber'and leaves for retaining sa d leaves,

I a-gainstthe bent endsofthe'bows.

' V-additional bows, extension "strips'attac'hed thereto and connectedto said frame mem her, said additional bows havingbent ends 8; fA carpetbeater having a transverse frame member, main bows secured thereto,

underlying sa-id strips andhinged leaves on said strips havingabutmentsto engage said bent ends *of the additional bows for I holdingthem in position. n

9.. A carpet beater having-a transverse frame member, main bows passedthrough' sald frame member and having bent ends underlying the same,,extensionstrips at:

tached to the ends of said frame member,

carpet beater having a transverse said frame member and having bent endsunderlying the same, extension strips attached to the ends of said framemember, additional bows passed through said strips and having bent endsunderlying the same,

leaves hinged to said frame member for en-' gaging the bent ends of themain bows, and other hinged leaves having abutments to engage the bentends of the additional K hows.

the same and having bent ends underlying 'SiLICl member, extensionstrlps -pro ect1ng at the ends :of said member, v'additional'bows passedthrough said strips and having'bentv 11'. A carpet beater having atransverse frame member, main bows passed through ends underlying-thesame, leaves hinged to said frame member for engagingthe-bent ends ofthe main bows, other 'leaveshinged 'to the strips and having abutmentstoenwe the=bent ends of the additional bows,

and bolts passed through said frame mem- 7 r berand strips and alsoadapted to hold the hingedleaves in contact with the bent ends ofthe'bows as wellas-secure :said strips to said frame member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my a I name to this specification. I

a JOHN 0.;PIERCE.

